From a1b2f82645b04ea7eab3247721c5cee6c08697ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Louise Crow Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:33:53 +0100 Subject: Add testing of bounce handling --- docs/installing/email.md | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/installing') diff --git a/docs/installing/email.md b/docs/installing/email.md index fc59759fa..23889dcbd 100644 --- a/docs/installing/email.md +++ b/docs/installing/email.md @@ -242,14 +242,19 @@ To test mail delivery, as a privileged user run: replacing `example.com` with your domain name. This should tell you which routers are being processed. You should see something like: - $ exim4 -bt foi+request-1234@localhost + $ exim4 -bt foi+request-1234@example.com R: alaveteli for foi+request-1234@example.com foi+request-1234@example.com -> |/var/www/alaveteli/script/mailin transport = alaveteli_mailin_transport This tells you that the routing part (making emails to `foi\+.*@example.com` be forwarded to Alaveteli's `mailin` script) is -working. +working. You can test bounce message routing in the same way: + + exim4 -bt user-support@example.com + R: alaveteli for user-support@example.com + user-support@example.com -> |/var/www/alaveteli/script/handle-mail-replies + transport = alaveteli_mailin_transport There is a great [Exim Cheatsheet](http://bradthemad.org/tech/notes/exim_cheatsheet.php) -- cgit v1.2.3